Web site designs: Influences of designer's expertise and design constraints

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-87

  Chevalier, Aline ^a   Ivory, Melody Y ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Designer's constraints; Designer's expertise; Web site design

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERGONOMICS; HTML; WEBSITES;

WEB SITE DESIGNS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0041877498     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5819(02)00126-X     Document Type: Article

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